Thanks everyone for your responses!

Scott Niles, MA, CRA
Grants and Contracts Administrator
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Morehead State University
901 Ginger Hall
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: 606-783-2278
Fax: 606-783-2130
Web site: http://www.moreheadstate.edu/research

On 7/12/11 7:56 PM, "Donahue, Sherie (LLU)" <xxxxxx@LLU.EDU> wrote:

>Our institution is registered on ORCA. However, for a recent DOD grant
>the grant officer requested a standard rep/cert. I checked the DOD
>website for this form and noticed that they said these items were to be
>submitted through ORCA. When I emailed the DOD grant officer with this
>information, he told me the ORCA certification didn't apply as this was a
>grant and we had to fill out the paper form. So yes, for contracts and
>cooperative agreements ORCA would be required, but not necessarily for
>grants.
>
>
>Sherie Donahue, MS, CRA - Electronic Research Specialist
>LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY | Office of the Vice President for Research Affairs
>Loma Linda, CA 92350
>(909) 651-5098 or (909) 558-1000, x83911·  (909) 558-0244 (fax) ·
>xxxxxx@llu.edu
>The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer. -
>motto of the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWII
>Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -
>Albert Einstein
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List
>[mailto:xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org] On Behalf Of Molly Daniel
>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 2:34 PM
>To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org
>Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Online Representations and Certifications
>Application?
>
>ACK! This is as clear as mud.
>
>According to the FAQ on the ORCA website, the response to the question
>"Who needs to register in ORCA?" is the following:
>You must be registered in ORCA if the solicitation you are responding to
>requires that you have an active registration in CCR.
>
>Doesn't this include nearly all submissions for federal grant funding? As
>best as I could determine the function of ORCA, it applies to federal
>CONTRACT and COOPERATIVE agreeements, but the statement above seems
>broader than this.
>
>I would appreciation more clarification.
>--------------------------------
>Molly Daniel
>Grants Specialist
>Planning Department
>Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
>1000 Health Center Drive
>Mattoon, IL 61938-9253
>voice 217-258-2195, fax 258-4135
>email: xxxxxx@sblhs.org
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List
>[mailto:xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org] On Behalf Of Donahue, Sherie
>(LLU)
>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:33 PM
>To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org
>Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Online Representations and Certifications
>Application?
>
>Ironically, I was compiling a list of ORCA FAR clause additions/changes
>from last year in preparation for our institution to renew its ORCA
>registration.
>
>ORCA replaces the reps and certs section for the large federal contracts
>and some cooperative agreements. Whether or not you will need to register
>in ORCA depends on what type of business you are doing with the federal
>government and whether or not the solicitation you respond to requires
>CCR/ORCA registration. More information can be found at the FAQs for ORCA
>(https://orca.bpn.gov/miscl/faq.aspx).
>
>As an aside, CCR and ORCA are scheduled to be rolled into a System for
>Award Management system in 2012 and you can find more information on that
>at https://acquisition.gov/SAM/sam.html.
>
>Sherie
>
>Sherie Donahue, MS, CRA - Electronic Research Specialist LOMA LINDA
>UNIVERSITY | Office of the Vice President for Research Affairs Loma
>Linda, CA 92350
>(909) 651-5098 or (909) 558-1000, x83911·  (909) 558-0244 (fax) ·
>xxxxxx@llu.edu The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a
>little longer. - motto of the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWII
>Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -
>Albert Einstein
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List
>[mailto:xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org] On Behalf Of Scott Niles
>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:34 AM
>To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org
>Subject: [RESADM-L] Online Representations and Certifications Application?
>
>Hi everyone,
>In the process of updating our CCR information, our POC (Accounting
>Director) noticed a link to ORCA (Online Representations and
>					Certifications Application).
>
>No one in our office is familiar with ORCA, but we're unsure if we need
>to register in ORCA or not. An email to their help desk told us that if
>we were applying for a grant or contract, we did not need to register.
>
>Is anyone familiar with ORCA, and does our university need to register
>with them? Any thoughts would be appreciated!
>
>
>
>
>Scott Niles, MA, CRA
>Grants and Contracts Administrator
>Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Morehead State University
>901 Ginger Hall
>Morehead, KY 40351
>Phone: 606-783-2278
>Fax: 606-783-2130
>Web site: http://www.moreheadstate.edu/research
>
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